A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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34 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Labour in Vain

3 quotations

Labyrinth

1 quotation

Lamentations

4 quotations

Land Owner

1 quotation

Lark

1 quotation

Late Hours

2 quotations

Latin

3 quotations

Laughter

5 quotations

Law

18 quotations

Leader

1 quotation

Lean Visage

2 quotations

Learning

3 quotations

Leek, The

2 quotations

Leering

2 quotations

Legitimacy

2 quotations

Lenity

2 quotations

Letter

15 quotations

Liar

2 quotations

Liberty

2 quotations

Licentiousness

1 quotation

Life

14 quotations

Light

2 quotations

Lightning

5 quotations

Lineage

2 quotations

Lion

1 quotation

Litigation

3 quotations

Livelihood

2 quotations

Loneliness

4 quotations

Longevity

3 quotations

Lord's Anointed

1 quotation

Love

118 quotations

Lover's Vows

15 quotations

Love-Wound

2 quotations

Luck

1 quotation

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